• Shreya Modi
• Bhagyajit Raval

Indigenous economy is an economy generation concept that relies on the indigenous activities carried out by people or communities as a base for income generation. It is an income derived from indigenous activities, Skills, works and hobbies. This paper tries to discuss the findings of the focus group discussions on indigenous economy to understand the role of indigenous activities in life of people and in economic sector in the context of the present world. The methodology adopted was a focus group discussion with literature review were done before hand. A group of 8-9 persons was established and prior reading on the topics related to indigenous economy was done. Based on these readings and understanding a discussion was initiated with a few initial questions and an attempt to understanding of the topic in the current scenario. Today, economy plays a vital role in man's life. What role indigenous activities play and does it have a scope of generating a livelihood for its practitioners in today's world was the main focus of the discussion. For this reason, the discussion started with understanding a little about indigenous communities and indigenous activities and moved onto discussing the emergence and importance of indigenous economy in today's world. Also, the main concepts and principals and benefits and issues related to indigenous economy were discussed. Focus was also behind finding out the reason for shift from the earlier existing model of livelihood to economic activities of the present world and their shortcomings, which has now led us to the thought of generating income from other sources other than the existing model based on industries and exploitation of natural resources.

Communities, Development, Economy, Indigenous, Motivation.

"Mainstreaming Indigenous Economy ‘In its own Way’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.61-67, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFL06008.pdf

"Mainstreaming Indigenous Economy ‘In its own Way’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp61-67, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFL06008.pdf